As Barnstable schools move through a budget-driven restructuring, just what to call the redefined schools is the focus of a committee that meets April 28.

As the school committee discussed the budget, Chairman Ralph Cahoon suggested the restructuring might be an opportunity to move away from geographic designations in school names.

Per the school committee’s approved budget, each elementary school will serve grades K to 3, the Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School will become a Grade 4-5 school, grades 6 and 7 will be housed at what is now Barnstable Middle School, and Grade 8 will move to Barnstable High School.

The relocation of the Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter Public School to the Hyannis East Elementary School building is also part of the plan.

At the April 7 school committee meeting, Asst. Supt. Marie McKay addressed the issue.

McKay said that the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) would appreciate having name change proposals submitted at the start of the summer.

“There is a hunger for the schools to have an identity name,” said Supt. Dr. Patricia Grenier. “[Not knowing a name] really gets in the way of building a culture for the school. I do think it is important not only to get this wrapped up before the end of the year, but as soon as possible so that schools can begin to form their identities. Not having a name gets in the way of that.”

Grenier said that she was looking forward to the work of school committee member Francis McDonald, who heads the naming subcommittee. The committee is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. April 28 in the Selectmen's Conference Room of Town Hall prior to the regular school committee meeting.